Fishtails by Indigo Girls (Written by Amy Ray)
Standard Tuning, no capo
Intro:
AmFCG x2 (Play around with the strumming, there's a good bit of hammering on, esp. around the Cs)
Verse 1:
AmFCG
You know all them sweaty boys hanging out at the copper mines
AmFCG
You watched them growing up under the bridge on the river shoals off Georgia 9
AmFCG
They used to lay their sweet bodies out just waiting on a fishing line
AmFCG
Just like your daddy did when he was a kid in the wilds of Florida
AmFCG
But your daddy's gone and those boys jacked up got rough moved on
AmFCG
Verse 2:
AmFCG
You find your own self hiding in the stories of drunken men
AmFCG
With their kids in tow from the picture show riding over mountain bends
AmFCG
And you can feel their fingers crossing when the black ice of winter comes
AmFCG
But they'll be fishtailing in the dark from the time that they are born
Chorus:
FCAmG
Hey, you know your daddy's gone, those boys you loved got rough with the girls and
F
moved on
CAmGFC
Still you gotta find some goodness somewhere somehow, so hug the corners take the
AmGFGAmFCG
straights from the cradle to the grave oh we all give what, yeah, what we got
Verse 3:
AmFCG
In the winter you'll go south and fall asleep in the late day sun
AmFCG
Holding still to catch the last of the warmth before the storm clouds roll on in
AmFCG
At night you watch the kids riding in their hoodies in the rain
AmFCG
Heading up to St. Johns causeway bridge fishtailing all the way
Chorus:
FCAmG
Hey, you know your daddy's gone, those boys you loved got rough with the girls and
F
moved on
CAmGFC
Still you gotta find some goodness somewhere somehow, so hug the corners take the
AmGFGAmFCG
straights from the cradle to the grave oh we all give what, yeah, what we got
Yeah we all give what we got
After 20 years of playing IGs this is my first contribution. Please let me know if you find a better way.
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